[inaudible] we are pleased to have scott peters join us to discuss environmental protection. He is here for his 52nd congressional appointment. The congressman was first confirmed on the Commerce Committee as well as economics. While serving he spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council where he later became the citys First City Council president. While on the council congressman peters helped the cleanup of the citys beaches and bays and completion of a number of Infrastructure Projects while he was on the council congressman welcome and thank you for being here today. Thanks for having me. So we got about a half hour and i will weave in question and answers as they come in i want to start with the eywaste, big news of the day which is the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law. In addition to that you are one of the cosponsors of the National Climate adaptation and resilience strategy act which is a bipa
Committee. He has spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council for he became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters the completion of a number of infrastructure product projects. Welcome and thank you for being here today. Thank you so much for having me, jessica. We have about half an hour and i will read the questions as they come in. I want to start with the big news of the day which is the passage of the inflation reduction act. In addition to that, you were one of the cosponsors of the adaptation and resilience strategy act which is a bipartisan bill designed to do a number of things, including streamlined the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health, safety, and critical infrastructure. What can you tell us about all of these different moving parts and pieces, why they are important and what we should know about them . I should maybe start by saying where you stand depends on where you sit. I a
Representative scott peters talks about the militarys role in combating Climate Change during a discussion with the American Security project. This is just under half an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. We are pleased to have congressman scott peters join us to discuss National Security and environmental protection. Congressman peters currently serves on the House Budget Committee and the house energy and Commerce Committee as well as the joint economic committee. He spent 15 years as an environmental attorney and was elected to the San Diego City Council where he later became the citys First City Council president. Congressman peters helped lead the cleanup of the citys beaches and bays and the completion of a number of Infrastructure Projects while he was on the council. Welcome and thank you for being here today. You so much for having me, jessica. We we got about half an hour, and i will weave in questions and answers as they come in, but the big news of the day is the passage of th
The percentage of women voting has been larger than it used to be. But it is still a very big question in this election, and has been, about how many women will vote. And in particular, the case for single women. [inaudible] i do feel very strongly theres a lot of women, and majority of women dont really understand what that act has done for them. And this administration has not used that, to really say this is what i did for you, with this act. Obama talks about [inaudible] the assumption ever and understands it and i think thats a false assumption. I just wonder what you thought of that. I cant say that i followed all of the ways the Lilly Ledbetter act has been used, but i was involved in a debate just a couple weeks ago that wasnt in the context of the election particularly, but about whether or not the ledbetter act was important at all and whether the paycheck fairness act, which we take things a step further, was a good idea or not a good idea. And there are those who are claimi
And if you are driving into Livermore Valley westbound 580 off to a good start. Its looking good all the way through castro valley. 238 looks good. There are problems on the peninsula. At 4 30 lets go back to the desk. We begin with developing news where there has been a deadly crash on northbound 280. It happened at 11 00 just south of the onramp. Reporter chp is describing this is a party bus. Lost control late last night when it was heading north on 280. Just south of the alpine road exit. The bus lost control, slammed into a tree. Went down 20 feet or so. During the crash the whole right side of that bus was sheered off. The crash happened just before 11 00 last night. Northbound 280 just south of alpine road. The first officers that came up on this scene found one man dead inside the wrecked bus. He was the passenger. But the driver of the bus was nowhere to be found. A short time later officers did find a man walking on a roadway nearby and the chp is trying to figure out if he i